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When Small Towns Take the Main Stage: 5 Tips on Turning Your Community into a Vibrant Music Hub

Live music venues in small cities and rural towns can serve as a vivacious cultural hub for their communities.
  • Interview

A Seat at the Table with Beatriz Oliva Soto

Local leader, Beatriz Oliva Soto, talks about community equity and the importance of equal representation in local leadership.
  • Research

Place Value: How Communities Attract, Grow, and Keep Jobs and Talent in the Rocky Mountain West

A report on how the qualities of a place attract talented workers and entrepreneurs to particular communities in the Rocky Mountain West.

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  • Blog
When Small Towns Take the Main Stage: 5 Tips on Turning Your Community into a Vibrant Music Hub
Live music venues in small cities and rural towns can serve as a vivacious cultural hub for their communities.
  • Community
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  • Economy
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  • Land Use
  • Interview
A Seat at the Table with Beatriz Oliva Soto
Local leader, Beatriz Oliva Soto, talks about community equity and the importance of equal representation in local leadership.
  • Civic Health
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  • Environment
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  • Equity
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  • Leadership
  • Blog
The Woman Behind Everything Interesting in Downtown Glenwood Springs
Leslie Bethel left behind a legacy of vibrant, transformational projects in her role as Executive Director of the Glenwood Springs Downtown Development Authority.
  • Land Use
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  • Placemaking
  • Training
Training | Building Better Places
Develop the skills your team of local leaders needs to effectively plan for growth and change in your community.
  • Land Use
  • Blog
Trick-or-Treating Made Possible by… Livable Neighborhoods
Why the best trick-or-treating neighborhoods make the best kind of neighborhoods any time of year.
  • Housing
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  • Land Use
  • Blog
Communities & Colleges: Creating the Connection
Three communities incorporate strategies for greater engagement with the higher education institutions that call them home.
  • Assistance
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  • Placemaking
  • Interview
Racial Equity & Community Leadership: A Conversation with Dr. Nita Mosby Tyler
Dr. Nita Mosby Tyler of The Equity Project, LLC discusses equitable community planning and how to navigate it within our current systems.
  • Equity
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  • Leadership
  • Blog
Dollars & Sense: 6 Common Misconceptions About Dollar Stores
An eye-opening take on dollar stores and their impacts on local economies.
  • Economy
  • Blog
How Community Action Teams Give Real Voice to a Community
Community engagement is a huge contributor to project success. Three locals share the value of being part of Grand Junction, Colorado's Vibrant Together project.
  • Civic Health
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  • Community
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  • Leadership
  • Training
Q&A: Building Better Places Training
The American West is one of the fastest growing and rapidly changing parts of the country.
  • Community
  • Blog
How Durango’s ADU Policy Is Mitigating Their Affordable Housing Issues
Like many Colorado towns, the city of Durango struggles with affordable housing. However, an ADU policy and code update has diversified and increased their housing options.
  • Housing
  • Blog
5 Tips for Tackling Local Parking Debates
Cities and towns can use these principles to temper parking debates, facilitate implementation of technical solutions, and improve public perceptions of municipal government
  • Transportation
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